Correlation between parity and metabolic syndrome in Chinese women aged 40 years and older: the Reaction study

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Table 3 The distribution of MetS morbidity under different menstruation situations

Number of live-birth pregnancies	Premenopausal			Postmenopausal			χ²	P
Number of live-birth pregnancies	MetS	Total	Morbidity %	MetS	Total	Morbidity %	χ²	P
1	167	1067	15.7	846	2687	31.5	78.183	< 0.001
2	41	203	24.3	497	1099	45.2	26.350	< 0.001
3	5	20	25.0	320	583	54.9	4.142	0.042
≥4	2	2	100.0	181	339	53.4	0.862	0.353
Total	215	1292	16.6	1844	4708	39.2	62.457	< 0.001
χ²	9.542			135.877			–	–
P	0.002			< 0.001			–	–

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